The Italian royal House of Savoy has reportedly requested the return of its crown jewels, said to be worth $335 million. The family lost the jewels when the monarchy was abolished 75 years ago. A ...

Vineyard in the Etna zone, with Mount Etna in the background. Photo ©Tom Hyland. Sicily has always been an important part of the Italian wine industry, but not always for the right reasons.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni once declared Italy's postal service a "crown jewel" that must stay in state hands, ... Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni faces a 2.8-trillion-euro public debt ...

St. Edward's Crown is pictured during a service to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey, June 4, 2013, in London, England. WPA Pool/Getty ...

King Charles' coronation crown. Before Charles and Camilla took off in the Gold State Coach back to Buckingham Palace, they were vested with crowns to symbolize their time as the head of the monarchy.

Charles’s crown—St. Edward’s Crown, which was last used in 1953 to crown his mother, Elizabeth II—is more than 360 years old, stands one foot tall and weighs nearly five pounds. St. Edward ...

The Tower has housed the crown jewels, which now total more than 23,500 gemstones, for nearly 400 years. Last year two million people toured the Tower, “still slightly below our numbers from pre ...

The Koh-i-Noor – one of the world’s most famous and controversial diamonds – will be part of a new exhibition at the Tower of London that recognizes it as “a symbol of conquest.” ...